RedeyeRocketeer
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Woke up this morning and was surprised to see Detroit first in the conference. I respect the franchise a lot, but was genuinely surprised to see their name there.
I started with a look at their team scoring. The usual suspects, their scouts did a wonderful job finding Tatar and Nyquist, and it's made all the difference given the age of the rest of their core. Nyquist's 12 power play goals struck me as something to note.
With regards to goals against, we're essentially tied. Boston and Detroit are within 2 goals of each other. Our PK's are within .3% of each other and we keep trending up. Worth noting that both teams have excellent PK's.
Looking at goals for, I started with 5 on 5 goals. Boston 98, Detroit 90. Slight edge Boston but nothing special.
At this point as you've already figured out, you don't have to look it up to know the whole gap between Boston and Detroit is going to be found on the power play.
Detroit has the #1 power play in the NHL, clicking at an absurd 25%. To make matters worse, they have the 3rd most opportunities in the league. 188 to our 122. Detroit has 48 power play goals to our 22.
So in the second half of the season, improving the Bruin's PP has to be a priority. All the calls for a top 4 D are justified. But I'd be even happier to see the PP start to click a bit closer to 19 or 20%. That in itself moves us into the next echelon of teams.
I started with a look at their team scoring. The usual suspects, their scouts did a wonderful job finding Tatar and Nyquist, and it's made all the difference given the age of the rest of their core. Nyquist's 12 power play goals struck me as something to note.
With regards to goals against, we're essentially tied. Boston and Detroit are within 2 goals of each other. Our PK's are within .3% of each other and we keep trending up. Worth noting that both teams have excellent PK's.
Looking at goals for, I started with 5 on 5 goals. Boston 98, Detroit 90. Slight edge Boston but nothing special.
At this point as you've already figured out, you don't have to look it up to know the whole gap between Boston and Detroit is going to be found on the power play.
Detroit has the #1 power play in the NHL, clicking at an absurd 25%. To make matters worse, they have the 3rd most opportunities in the league. 188 to our 122. Detroit has 48 power play goals to our 22.
So in the second half of the season, improving the Bruin's PP has to be a priority. All the calls for a top 4 D are justified. But I'd be even happier to see the PP start to click a bit closer to 19 or 20%. That in itself moves us into the next echelon of teams.